Local
TV gets a reprieveIt appears local TV viewers who rely on an antenna to receive their
signal off of Cottonwood Butte won’t lose their service after all. At least
for the next 3 years. . . .
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Escapees
are recapturedOn February 1, 2009 at 9:30 P.M., the Idaho County Sheriff’s Dispatch
was notified of the escape of two inmates from the North Idaho Correctional
Institution (NICI) in Cottonwood, Idaho. . . .
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Relay
for Life fundraiserThis Valentine’s Day you can send a special gift to your sweetheart
and also help support the Clearwater to Salmon Rivers American Cancer Society
Relay for Life. . . .
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Sweetheart
Mass is Feb. 13Haven’t yet made your plans for Valentine’s Day this year? It’s
not too late to make reservations to enjoy the Sweetheart Mass and Dinner
Reception, though time is running out. For planning purposes, we
need the closest possible meal-count by this Friday, February 6th. . .
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Two
shoot perfect 25'sToday started off pretty early as shooters were lining up at the door
eagerly waiting to shoot so they could get going to prepare for the Super
Bowl parties. . . .
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Summit
honors senior basketball players; Girls to play Mullan at Regionals; Virtue
winners named Summit Academy said farewell to four seniors at their final basketball
game hosted here with Salmon River at Prairie Elementary last Tuesday.
. . .
The Summit Lady Patriots will start their first ever Regional Tournament
action at approximately 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at Lakeland High School
in Rathdrum. With just 2 teams from District 2, the District tournament
was bypassed. . . .
Summit Academy's recent virtue campaign resulted in the following winners
as announced by officials this week. The virtue selected was responsibility,
and the man to be emulated was Juan Diego . . .
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St. Mary’s and Clearwater Valley Hospitals will each
be receiving a RP-7 robot as part of a telemedicine grant secured by St.
Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. See story at left. Click
on the photo to see a larger view.

Greg Deiss, top photo, and Dr. Haley Minnehan, lower
photo, spoke to the Prairie Middle School sixth graders on Thursday, January
29th about how careers are affected by the issue of gender equity.
Mr. Deiss stressed that many women currently work in career fields that
were considered male occupations years ago. He pointed out that many
men now work in career fields that used to be considered to be female job
positions. Examples that he shared were nurses, librarians, and singers.
Dr. Minnehan told the students to aim high. She also told the students
to try to continue to do well in math and science courses throughout high
school, because it will keep their career options open. She also
pointed out that working in a nontraditional career field can help women
earn a higher income. Both speakers told the students to choose a career
that they would enjoy!

On January 23, 2009 eight representatives from Christian
churches in the area joined the Benedictine community at the Monastery
of St. Gertrude to celebrate The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at
a Prayer Service created by Christian churches in Korea with the theme
of “Reconcile Your People”. Pictured from left to right, front row, are:
Father George King, St. Theresa Church, Orofino; Father John Gathungu,
Holy Trinity Church, Nez Perce; Sister Teresa Jackson, Monastery of St.
Gertrude; Sister Mary Marge Goeckner, Monastery of St. Gertrude; and Pastor
Janice Kelly, Good Hope Lutheran Church, Gifford and St. Paul’s Lutheran,
Craigmont. Second row: Ken Hart (husband of Rev. Gail Hart); Reverend Gail
Hart, Faith Lutheran Church, Pierce; Gary Payton, Presbyterian Elder, Mission
coworker for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland; Darcy James, Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church, Grangeville; and Karen Richardson, Ascension Lutheran
Church, Orofino. See story above left.